Data Architect

JR United Kingdom; Leeds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Data Architect to lead the definition and governance of data architecture. This role involves designing end-to-end solutions, enhancing service delivery through effective documentation, and clarifying change impacts for better decision-making. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in relationship-based environments and be adept at navigating enterprise complexities. Join a dynamic team committed to driving innovative solutions within a supportive matrix organizational structure, where your expertise will significantly influence the data landscape.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Data Architect or similar role.
• Strong background in structured program and project management.

Responsibilities

• Document core data architecture models to enhance collaboration.
• Clarify change impacts for better decision-making.
• Model applications to improve change prioritization.

Skills

Data Architecture

Documentation

Change Management

Complexity Modeling

Stakeholder Engagement

TOGAF

PRINCE

Job description

The Data Architect is responsible for the definition, development, and governance of the Data Architecture domain, supporting the design of end-to-end solutions to enhance services.

Responsibilities:

1. Provide clarity on operations through documentation of core data architecture models, ensuring the model framework uses agreed terminology and accurately describes interdependencies to enable effective collaboration.
2. Clarify change impacts to facilitate better decision-making by ensuring planned changes to applications, processes, or operating models are fully scoped and constraints are understood, preventing unintended carry-overs.
3. Enhance understanding of enterprise complexity to improve change prioritization by modeling each application for processes, services, products, and people, and identifying unnecessary complexities.
4. Previous experience as an Architect, Business Solution Designer, or Principal Analyst.
5. Experience with structured program and project management approaches.
6. Extensive experience working in relationship-based environments.
7. Supporting projects within a matrix organizational structure.
8. Delivering complex solutions within an enterprise or involving third parties.
9. Knowledge of frameworks such as TOGAF and PRINCE.
10. Subject matter expertise in the Data Definition Domain within an architecture environment.